together. Maureen thinks it is a good thing because the crowd seems to sway and people keep pushing into both of them. As Maureen and Julie near the bar, they can see Chris holding two pitchers of beer.
Chris sees Maureen approach and stops moving. He almost loses his balance as someone from behind shoves into him. Smirking in the direction of the offender, he quickly steadies himself. Turning back towards Maureen, he winks.
Julie stops near him and leans in to say something to him. Maureen can see him lean his head down a little so he can hear her. Chris nods to her in response, she guesses it was a question. Julie pulls back, smiles and resumes walking in the direction of the door. Chris steps to the side so they can pass.
Crap, Maureen thinks to herself.
Maureen opens her mouth to ask Julie what she asked Chris but feels herself being shoved from behind. Maureen reaches forward with her free hand to steady herself.
"Ow!" Chris says into Maureen's ear.
“I'm sorry!” Maureen says to him as she looks up.
"Um, okay. But could you not squeeze so hard?"
Maureen is confused so she looks down at her hand. Her hand, it seems, landed right around his crotch area.
"I would help you remove your hand but my hands are otherwise occupied," Chris says to Maureen, lifting the two pitchers in each hand.
"Oh my," Julie says, "You are such a forward woman." She looks down at Maureen's hand. Julie grins and looks up at Maureen. "Aren't you?"
Maureen immediately snatches her hand back.
"I didn't mean to. Honest!" Maureen says loud enough for the both of them to hear.
"Mm-hm." Julie says, unconvinced.
Before Maureen can say anything, Julie tugs at her wrist.
"Come on, let's go before you start to do the nasty with him right here."
"I..." Maureen starts to say but she can feel herself moving towards the door.
Maureen turns to look over her shoulder at Chris. Chris laughs, and then nods in her direction, raising one pitcher in salute.
Maureen mouths the word 'sorry' towards him.
* * *
Maureen asks Julie what she had said to Chris.
Julie laughs and says, "I asked him if he was single." She takes a drag from her cigarette and continues, "Since you were too afraid to ask." Julie winks and shrugs, "I definitely had nothing to lose so I asked for you."
Maureen laughs, "Thanks, but he is not my type."
"He may not be your type but you've been staring him naked the last couple of hours."
"What do you mean by 'staring him naked'?" Maureen asks, curious.
"When you look at him," Julie says and takes another drag, "it looks like you are imagining him naked. You know, the way you look at him."
Maureen turns to face Julie.
"How long has it been?" Julie asks.
Maureen thinks she understands the question but Maureen asks anyway. "What do you mean?"
"You know." Julie says, pointing her cigarette in Maureen's direction. "How long has
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